Example sentences of "take a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament , in Boyle 's formulation , ‘ does not take a narrowly vocational view of educational advance … |
| 2 | It would only take a marginally improved thrust to give the aircraft a vastly improved ground-to-air time , a higher ceiling and a greatly boosted top airspeed . ’ |
| 3 | Now , in terms of functional group isomerism I 'm gon na take a slightly different example right let's take this one here first of all I 've now started to do what the examiners will do now I 'll make them identical structures there somewhere and you really do need to be able to name them in order to see where they are or if they are . |
| 4 | Whereas Marxism-Leninism does not always take a wholly positive attitude towards the peasantry , identifying petit bourgeois tendencies — particularly amongst the less impoverished — which can make them a sometimes unreliable ally , Mariátegui and subsequent Latin American Marxists have pointed to a dual oppression — both economic and racial . |
| 5 | But it would take a pretty exceptional executioner to come up with a vegetable on the spur of the moment . |
| 6 | At the Pont d'Espagne the road ends , but you can then take a reasonably comfortable path , for about three-quarters of an hour , up through the tumbled rock and ailing pine trees — they seem to be fighting a losing battle against the colonies of grey lichen — to the Lac de Gaube , at an altitude of a trifle under 6000 feet . |
| 7 | I believe I was collecting my thoughts for a renewed effort when the young gentleman suddenly rose to his feet , and clutching his attaché case to his person , said : ‘ Well , I think I 'll go and take a little fresh air . |
| 8 | The display on consumption utilises the age-old trick of piling up an adult 's average monthly intake of food ( enormous amounts of chocolate ) and invites the visitor to burn off excess calories on an ‘ Energy Bike ’ ( it does , of course , take a depressingly long time to nullify the effect of just one grape ) . |
| 9 | Let's take a brutally honest look at our current position . |
| 10 | We know from the study of modern depressive individuals that their illness , if it is of the type termed manic-depressive , can take a sometimes sudden and completely opposite course . |
| 11 | Yet it is precisely because this ideology is not lived up to in private , and because the state is involved both in its promulgation and its violation , that feminist theory can take a highly critical moral stance . |
| 12 | They lead us to form expectations on the basis of present signs : a prudent man will take a violently red morning sky as a sign of impending storm . |
| 13 | Only when the conditions mature for the wide use of mechanical farming for the organization of collective farms and for the socialist reform of rural areas er can the need for a rich peasant economy cease and this will take a somewhat lengthy time to achieve . |
| 14 | As the family grew up the wife could take a less active part in the farm work especially when the son left school but occasionally they found it difficult to settle back into a domestic routine . |
| 15 | This may mean that a file which operates well under normal conditions , i.e. many home records being accessed but few synonyms , may take a relatively long time to process sequentially . |
| 16 | That we should take a more dispassionate view and consider the long-term effects of Briant 's work . |
| 17 | We should take a more substantial point , though as one grapples one 's way through the forest they are not always easy to identify . |
| 18 | Choreographers can also take a more subjective view of their work . |
| 19 | If one takes a broader view of economies of scale along these lines then one must also take a more differentiated view of the large-scale enterprise . |
| 20 | In it , we have argued , as practising Christians , that the Church should take a more liberal and compassionate view of sex , because we fail to see how intercourse between two consenting adults can be counted as a sin . |
| 21 | Certainly the Occupation authorities did take a more interventionist stance , but it is important to remember that US policy directives were the outcome of collaboration with Japanese bureaucrats . |
| 22 | It is a tribute to the efficacy of Daynurse ( recommended by his driver ) , and the restorative powers of malt whisky ( a present for his 50th birthday ) that the campaign did not take a more visible toll . |
| 23 | You must take a more mature , philosophical view of the world and you 'll be less quick to condemn and more tolerant of others . |
| 24 | The chemical industry must take a more active role instead of just being a supplier or involved in sponsorship or patronage . |
| 25 | Those of us with responsibility in the energy field must take a more active role in combating apathy . |
| 26 | Now , driven by cost issues , they may take a more active stance , based on business considerations , and propose rehabilitation or care packages in order to reduce their potential exposure . |
| 27 | We shall now take a more detailed look at what is meant by this term . |
| 28 | It has occasionally been suggested — notably by Lord Alexander , when he became chairman of NatWest in 1990 — that the Bank might take a more relaxed view , to help industry . |
| 29 | Or it may take a more structured approach drawn from cognitive therapy techniques . |
| 30 | Inherent in some of the criticism made of ACAS conciliators … is the assumption that they should take a more positive , rights-enforcing , stance . |